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Moving to Substack
To keep true to the spirit of the times, The Outpost is moving to Substack. Usability has been the main reason for the export. Stay in touch! See you at … Continue reading Moving to Substack
Linkstorm XXV
Planetocracy, a recent discovery, on nuclear fusion and solar system economies: “(…) Going back to my original argument – the large scale behaviour of an extraterrestrial civilisation, as seen from … Continue reading Linkstorm XXV
Linkstorm XXIV
Isegoria provides sources on the curious absence of Nepalese famous runners: “(…) Kenya’s long-distance runners live at altitude, David Epstein notes (in The Sports Gene), but some people ask, “If … Continue reading Linkstorm XXIV
Linkstorm XXIII
Great stuff from Covidian Aesthetics, as always: “(…) Thus is why memes, in the Spinozian sense, are the virus of the attribute of thought; in the same way that real … Continue reading Linkstorm XXIII
Linkstorm XXII
Here you can find two (1,2) cool book reviews by EvolutionistX, about the fascinating topic of German-Ottoman collaboration during the Great War: ” (…) With the war finished on the … Continue reading Linkstorm XXII
Linkstorm XXI
A remarkable blog post on the meaning of life: “(…) The stories of our heroes select for meaning – for the kinds of stories that scratch a certain human itch. … Continue reading Linkstorm XXI
Linkstorm XX
Following the money that funds our Brave New World: “(…) What the bankers and giant investment funds like BlackRock have done is to create a new investment infrastructure that picks … Continue reading Linkstorm XX
Linkstorm XIX
Our source for astrological wisdom, type studies, offers a much-awaited new dispatch: “(…) Two centuries on, the God-shaped hole that the Enlightenment shot through the heart of the West remains … Continue reading Linkstorm XIX
Diesel, gas, and paradox
News surfaced a couple weeks ago that the German government offered to pay the Trump administration up to a billion euros in exchange for lifting sanctions on Nord Stream 2. … Continue reading Diesel, gas, and paradox
Linkstorm XVIII
Fascinating advances in wearable robotics: “(…) The model devised by the researchers is inspired by the mechanisms underpinning the movements of grasshoppers. A simple anatomical experiment, however, revealed that it … Continue reading Linkstorm XVIII
Caviar, marketing, and competition on the Russian Far East
A couple decades ago, European restaurants paid thousands of Euros for a kilogram of caviar. Currently, they manage to get it for a fraction of the price, thanks to the … Continue reading Caviar, marketing, and competition on the Russian Far East
Linkstorm XVII
The great Justin Murphy shares some interesting predictions: “(…)Lind suggests that any new cross-class alliance will have to create “powerful mass-membership, working-class organizations…” I do not think this needs to … Continue reading Linkstorm XVII
Linkstorm XVI
Doxometrist is a very exciting recent discovery: “(…) If you find any of the questions new and thought – provoking, you’ve just been vaccinated. Vaccinated against being told about the … Continue reading Linkstorm XVI
